The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'I asked all the actresses to stop waxing, shaping eyebrows, pedicures and manicures because I wanted a rustic look.' 'They are very glamorous women, so there was a bit of insecurity.' 'They would put on a little make-up on the sly, but I would sit like a school teacher and check make-up and nails!' 'I would make sure that every bit of unnecessary make-up was taken off.'
The 23rd Indian Television Academy awards brightened the weekend for some film folk who took home awards for their work this year.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'My two life mantras are prioritisation and compartmentalisation.' 'Prioritisation allows you to put one thing over the other and compartmentalisation to focus on one priority at a time.'
'On the big screen, we focus on hope for your dreams whereas OTT is the bitter reality.'
'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'
'No matter how old or ill you may be, your thirst to excel as an actor remains intact.'
From Vijay Devarakonda to Kung Fu Panda, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on OTT this week.
Jallikattu, the Malayalam feature film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars.
'Randeep Hooda's a very bossy kind of person.'
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with Kishori Amonkarji singing on the side.'
'Just the fact that the biggest language at the box office was Telugu and not Hindi is startling.'
'I don't predict if a film will work or not, I take up a project if it makes sense to me.' 'But I do have a sense of social responsibility, so I try to do characters which will have an impact on the people watching it.'
'The more popular, the more work, the more money.'
One of the most famous Indian faces on the planet, everything Priyanka Chopra Jonas learned, she learned it on the job.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
'I didn't want to do a highlight reel with greatest hits of Yash Raj Films.' 'I wanted to do an actual story.'
'Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something just because it hasn't been done before. Take that first step. Keep learning. Believe in yourself even when no one else does.'
Bigg Boss 18 is all set to return to our screens on October 6. Hosted by Salman Khan, the names of the contestants who will be participating are not revealed yet.
Tanuja could do practically anything on screen, applauds Subhash K Jha, as he salutes the actor on her 80th birthday on September 23.
Uzbekistan lives comfortably in several centuries but is also a forward-looking nation, Deepa Gahlot discovers on a visit to this Central Asian country.
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies.
'Our onscreen chemistry was always special.'
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold.
Ester Noronha who has worked in Telugu films talks about making her Kannada debut.
Raja Sen lists movies that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.
One of the best ways to celebrate Children's Day is by spending quality time with your kids and binge watch meaningful yet entertaining cinema pieces.
Whether it is non-Hindi films dubbed in Hindi or Hindi dubbed in other Indian languages or English dubbed in Indian languages, the whole multilingual film is bringing more ticket sales.
'I have enjoyed working on this film. It is one of my best films,' says the star.
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has given his best wishes to the Adipurush team for the success of the film.
Alaya is a bikini babe... Nora, Mouni are in Atlanta... Amy wraps up shoot...
'I don't think I ever lost the confidence as an actor.'
While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely different speed. The movie is charged with a sense of discovery, and every shot is a cornucopia of details existing independent of the main story. It's touching, notes Sreehari Nair.
Mediums may change, formats may alter but one thing remains constant -- audience making their likes and dislikes abundantly clear.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
